City Guides by West Elm

Hi all…This is my very first blog as your Dining Diva and can you believe it’s not even about food? I just saw a show that was totally mind-blowing and I want ed to tell you about it before it leaves town. It’s Marc Salem’s fabulous, spine-tingling, Duh-duh-duh-duh Twilight Zone humming, one-man show called Mind Games. It’s playing at San…

I can’t believe it’s already been 15 years since Oldways, a widely-respected non-profit “food issues think tank” successfully introduced the consumer-friendly health-promoting Mediterranean Diet Pyramid. I remember we all had fantastic time eating, drinking and learning from the pros about incorporating more Mediterranean foods into your diet. (Keep in mind that back then, olive oil…

Saving the best for last–My hottest travel tip of the year. I don’t know why it took so long for me to discover HotelsCombined.com, but it has rapidly become my #1 go-to travel site since it consistently saves me mucho dollars and countless hours. HotelsCombined.com is a unique search engine dedicated to finding hotel information,…

Felicia Kamriani shares her ZEN tips for travel! “Although I’ve traveled to more than twenty-five countries, I recently took my first cruise and found myself discombobulated in unfamiliar territory. As with any mode of travel, cruising comes with its own set of challenges and surprises. Being a jetsetter by choice, I’ve endured most travel bumps…

I am in the midst of going through the raw data of our last research project. I am amazed by how my women are still afraid of traveling alone. Why is that? What are you afraid of, really? I am trying hard to understand this, because I have never been afraid to travel alone, so…